C. Diane Bishop

{{short description|American politician (born 1943)}}

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{{infobox officeholder

|name=C. Diane Bishop

|office=16th Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction

|governor=Evan Mecham
Rose Mofford
Fife Symington

|term_start=January 5, 1987

|term_end=January 2, 1995

|predecessor=Carolyn Warner

|successor=Lisa Graham Keegan

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1943|11|23}}

|birth_place=Elmhurst, Illinois, U.S.

|party=Democratic

|profession=Politician

}}

C. Diane Bishop (born November 23, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 16th Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Arizona from 1987 to 1995 as a Democrat.{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/yuma-sun-jun-25-1986-p-17/|title=Yuma Sun Newspaper Archives|page= 17|publisher=Newspaperarchive.com|date=1986-06-25|accessdate=2019-04-13}} {{Closed access}}{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/yuma-sun-nov-05-1986-p-19/|title=Yuma Sun Newspaper Archives|page=19|publisher=Newspaperarchive.com|date=1986-11-05|accessdate=2019-04-13}} {{Closed access}}

Early life

Bishop was born in Elmhurst, Illinois, on November 23, 1943.

Career

Bishop served as Arizona's 16th Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1987 to 1995 as a Democrat, succeeding Carolyn Warner and preceding Lisa Graham Keegan.

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Category:1943 births

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Category:21st-century American women politicians

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